How to teach students the importance of building

their Endurance Equipment and Software Project

Danielle Magazzu

Endurance: Why is this Important?

Endurance makes your heart stronger Your heart is the most important muscle in your body Building your heart will increase oxygen flow. There for enhancing your overall health!

Goal• Building kids endurance by different varieties

of activities.• For students overall health to increase.

Stopwatch

To measure their time when running. Increase distance and decrease time for students when

running. When in class we can go outside for a run and use the

stopwatch measure our time it took to run a certain distance.

Overall we want the time to decrease.

Where to buy: STOPWATCH

• $12.99 – Target• $8.90 – Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Mark-1-Economy-Stopwatch-Black/dp/B001QTLN28

Pedometer

Measure the amount of steps taken Students will wear them around when working out Students will be able to see how many steps they take. This will allow students to physically see improvement over

time.

Where to buy: Pedometers

• $12.75 – Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Timex-T5E011-Digital-Pedometer/dp/B0007NP5RS/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1362584287&sr=8-15&keywords=best+pedometer

• $7.34 – Target

Heart Rate Monitors

Gives students the ability to see their own heart rate Pushes them to work harder Be able to see the increase in heart rate Watching out for danger zones

Where to Buy: HR Monitors

$35.00 – Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Monitors-Exercise-Fitness/b?ie=UTF8&node=3407971

$109.00 – Dicks Sporting Goods

Step Machine

Combination of endurance and strength training. Each step or repetition causes your muscles to contract and

then relax. Causes muscles to adapt to the resistance Will cause heart rate to increase

Where to buy: Step Machine

$60.00 – $3,000 – Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A3407811

Fitness gram Pacer Test used to estimate a persons VO2max (maximum

oxygen uptake) The test involves running continuously between two

points that are 20 meters apart from side to side. These runs are synchronized pre-recorded CD Increase endurance Easily used in a gymnasium

Where to buy: Fitness Gram Pacer Test

Equiptment:

CD: $15.00- Human Kinetics http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/fitnessgram-20-meter-pacer-test-cd1?associate=5665&isbn=9780736060851

CD Player: $197.00 – Walmart http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sony-MHC-EC909iP-Mini-Hi-fi-Music-Shelf-System/14026086

Conclusion

I believe that these all will benefit the students Although some may be a little expensive we want our

students to be healthy and active These products can be used over and over Students will enjoy using, while also improve themselves

from these products